U.S. Supreme Court Declines UNC Case on Sexual Assault Records
On Monday, the United States Supreme Court has ended a years-long legal battle, ensuring that UNC...
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Sexual Assault
Rape, Abuses in Palm Oil Fields Linked to Top Beauty Brands
With his hand clamped tightly over her mouth, she could not scream, the 16-year-old girl recalls – and no one was around to hear her anyway. She describes how her boss raped her amid the tall trees on an Indonesian palm oil...
Read MoreFormer UNC Basketball Player Jalek Felton Expelled for Sexual Assault, Documents Show
Former UNC basketball player Jalek Felton was expelled for sexual assault, according to records released by the school on Thursday. Felton was suspended by the university in January 2018 and sought legal counsel from...
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Chapel Hill Health Center Employee Accused of Sexually Assaulting Teenager Client
Alamance County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Burlington man in a year-long investigation of a...
Read MoreWeinstein Jury Selection to Start in NY, New Charges in Los Angeles
Potential jurors in Harvey Weinstein’s New York sexual assault trial are expected to fill a courtroom Tuesday as the former movie titan’s legal problems deepen with new charges in Los Angeles. In New York, jury selection is set...
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2 Arrested, Charged With Kidnapping, Rape in Orange County
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office charged two men in connection with a kidnapping and sexual...
Read MoreNorth Carolina No Longer an Outlier on Sex and Consent
North Carolina’s governor has signed a sexual assault bill that says women can revoke consent during sex. Gov. Roy Cooper said in a news release Thursday that he had signed the bill, which undoes a 1979 court decision that...
Read MoreNC Legislators Pass Bill to Close Sexual Assault Loopholes
North Carolina legislators are putting new legal power behind the notion that “no means no” — even if a woman first said yes. A 40-year-old North Carolina court ruling that says women can’t revoke consent once...
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Survey: A Third of UNC Female Undergraduate Students Have Been Sexually Assaulted
UNC released a report Tuesday that showed one in three female undergraduate students at the school...
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Chapel Hill Police Make Arrest in Sexual Assault Case
Chapel Hill Police arrested a 46-year-old man in connection with a sexual assault that occurred...
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